Optimal stock trading strategy with market orders and limit orders in a risky market.
problem Finding the best time and amount to place market and limit orders to minimize costs.
method Analyzes single and multi-period models with limit and market orders, considering liquidity risk.
result Optimal placement of market and limit orders can be determined under different market conditions.
The study examines how limit-order book resilience changes after effective market orders in Chinese stocks.
problem Understanding the resilience of limit-order books after liquidity shocks.
method Empirical analysis of order flow data from Chinese stocks, focusing on bid-ask spread, LOB depth, and order intensity.
result Traders are more likely to submit effective market orders when the bid-ask spread is low, same-side depth is high, and opposite-side depth is low.
Study analyzes order transitions in high, medium, and low market cap stocks using Markov chains.
problem Understanding order transitions in stocks of different market caps.
method First-order discrete-time Markov chain model applied to NASDAQ100 stocks.
result Limit orders exhibit higher inertia during opening hours but decrease in subsequent hours, while market orders increase.
Optimal market making strategy for electronic markets with persistent order flows.
problem Market making on electronic markets with persistent order flows.
method Formulated as a stochastic control problem, characterized by viscosity solutions, and implemented numerically.
result Characterization of an optimal market making strategy.
Study shows maker-taker fees improve market efficiency but increase costs.
problem Impact of maker-taker fees on total cost of taking orders.
method Agent-based simulation model for financial markets.
result Maker-taker fees increase total costs but improve market efficiency.
We empirically study the market impact of trading orders. We are specifically interested in large trading orders that are executed incrementally, which we call hidden orders. These are reconstructed based on information about market member codes using data from the Spanish Stock Market and the London Stock Exchange. We…
Model simulates sparse order books in illiquid markets.
problem Inaccurate LOB models in illiquid markets.
method Inhomogeneous Poisson process for order arrivals and cancellations.
result Enhanced understanding of LOB dynamics in illiquid markets.
Study shows marketable order routing to wholesalers benefits all traders, leading to lower market depth and price volatility.
problem Determining the preference of retail traders for marketable order routing.
method Two models: one for market makers competing for retail order flow (Bertrand model) and another for price-taking competitive liquidity providers (open exchange model).
result Routing marketable orders to wholesalers is preferred by all traders, leading to mean reverting inventories and lower market depth.
This paper improves market making strategies by incorporating non-Markovian features in order book models.
problem Failure of order book models to accurately represent real market behavior.
method Identification of statistical properties, design of market making strategies, and comparison of performances.
result Incorporating non-Markovian features in order book models significantly improves market making strategies.
Large traders disrupt the market's long-term memory of order signs.
problem Long-term memory of market order signs is weakened by large traders.
method Analyzed over 6.7 billion trades to investigate the impact of large investment funds on market order dynamics.
result The long-term memory of market order signs is weaker when large investment funds trade in a directional manner and when their participation is high.
We briefly review data analysis of the Island order book, part of NASDAQ, which suggests a framework to which all limit order markets should comply. Using a simple exclusion particle model, we argue that short-time price over-diffusion in limit order markets is due to the non-equilibrium of order placement, cancellatio…
Risk-averse trading policies learned from simulated market interactions.
problem Minimizing execution cost in limit order book markets with market impact.
method Risk-sensitive Q-learning applied to Markov Decision Process in a market simulator.
result Derived decision-tree-based execution policies that minimize cost variance.
Study uses contrastive learning to analyze market order behavior.
problem Understanding diverse market order behaviors.
method Self-supervised learning with triplet loss for order representation.
result Identified distinct behavior types using K-means clustering.
This paper identifies a negative profit effect in limit order fills.
problem Profit drag in limit order fills due to adverse price movements.
method Discrete market model, empirical simulation of US Treasury Bond futures.
result Existence of negative drift in limit order fills.
This paper investigates the market impact of passive orders.
problem Understanding the market impact of passive orders executed through limit orders.
method Developed a microstructure model linking liquidity dynamics and price moves, replacing the constant information content assumption with a function dependent on available volume.
result Derived useful approximations for market impact curves, leading to closed-form formulas.
This paper measures and compares the tail risks of limit and market orders using Extreme Value Theory. The analysis examines realised tail outcomes using the Dealing 2000-2 electronic broking system based on completed transactions rather than the more common analysis of indicative quotes. In general, limit and market o…
Generates realistic stock market order streams using GANs.
problem Creating high-fidelity stock market data.
method Conditional Wasserstein GAN with auction mechanism and order-book augmentation.
result Generated data is close to real market data.
ClusterLOB clusters market events to identify different trading behaviors.
problem Understanding market microstructure and participant behavior in financial markets.
method ClusterLOB uses K-means++ algorithm to cluster market events based on six time-dependent features.
result ClusterLOB identifies three distinct trading behaviors: directional, opportunistic, and market-making participants.
Study optimal stock order placement in a diffusive market.
problem Optimal placement of a small order in a diffusive limit order book.
method Characterization of optimal limit order placement policy, analysis of behavior under different market conditions, and a simple method to approximate critical time and optimal order placement.
result Existence of a critical time t0 such that for t > t0, optimal placement differs from the best bid and second best bid.
Market makers reduce price spread in a simple limit order book model.
problem Unrealistically large spread in a simple limit order book model.
method Introduced market makers that place both buy and sell limit orders at current bid and ask prices.
result Market makers reduce spread to a rate that closes it completely.
A new high-frequency market making strategy using Deep Hawkes process.
problem Optimizing high-frequency trading in volatile markets.
method Developed a Deep Hawkes process to model order arrivals and their effects on the limit order book.
result The new strategy outperforms traditional methods in market making.
Study shows power law market impact for limit orders.
problem Understanding market impact of limit orders.
method Proprietary database of metaorders, empirical analysis.
result Market impact follows a power law, stabilizes at approximately two-thirds of maximum.
Study examines market impact of small orders in futures contracts.
problem Understanding market impact of small orders in financial markets.
method Empirical study using tick data, normalizing results, proposing a simple linear model.
result Market impact of small orders is either linear or concave, depending on the instrument.
New model for market making under inconsistent LOB prices.
problem Inconsistent price movements in LOBs.
method Optimal switching and impulse control on marked point processes, solving HJBQVI numerically.
result Profit from market making can be severely overstated under inconsistent LOBs.
New model reveals latent liquidity in financial markets.
problem Understanding the connection between latent and observable order books.
method Suggests a simple mechanism for revealing latent liquidity and quantifies it from real data.
result Existence of a market instability threshold leading to liquidity crises.
Study proves fluid limits of fragmented limit-order markets.
problem Modeling fragmented limit-order markets with small and frequent orders.
method Proved convergence of discrete system to fluid limit characterized by coupled nonlinear ODEs.
result Fluid system converges to stationary equilibrium state over time.
Develops a model to explain price dynamics under predictable market flow.
problem Diffusive price dynamics paradox under predictable market-order flow.
method Integrates square-root price-impact law into Lillo--Mike--Farmer model.
result Price dynamics are diffusive at long times under predictable market-order flow.
Analyzes how order flow affects price formation in financial markets.
problem Understanding how prices are formed by order flow in financial markets.
method Critical discussion of modeling approaches and empirical observations, focusing on market impact and transaction costs.
result Algorithmic trading impacts the quality and cost of trading.
New findings show market dynamics differ from statistical models, necessitating a new approach.
problem Market dynamics differ from statistical models, leading to inaccurate assumptions.
method Analyzed NASDAQ ITCH data to identify market dynamics and propose a new approach.
result Most market dynamics information is contained in spikes, indicating fast excitation and slow relaxation.
Improved queue-reactive model considers order sizes for better market simulation.
problem Accurately modeling market dynamics and order flow properties.
method Integrates order sizes, type, and arrival rate into queue-reactive model.
result Extended model produces markets with volatility matching historical data.
Paper models limit order book with informed traders and market makers.
problem Modeling the limit order book with heterogeneous market participants.
method Agent-based model with four types of participants: informed traders, noise traders, informed market makers, and noise market makers. Based on Glosten-Milgrom and Huang-Rosenbaum-Saliba approaches.
result Derived the static limit order book characteristics and compared them with existing models.
Modeling aggressive market order arrivals using Hawkes factor models.
problem Aggressive market order placements and their impact on stock prices.
method Bivariate marked Hawkes process with self-excitation and cross-excitation components.
result The Hawkes model with an exponential kernel produces better calibration than a monotonous exponential kernel.
Bayesian theory explains market impact of large trades.
problem Reduction of price impact from large trades.
method Bayesian approach incorporating all trade information.
result Recovery of market impact laws including square-root and linear regimes.
Study applies market microstructure to Cuban informal currency market, finding market makers improve liquidity.
problem Understanding dynamics of informal currency markets.
method Modeling bid/ask intentions using Limit Order Book, applying Avellaneda-Stoikov model with Market Maker.
result Market Maker improves market quality and bid/ask dynamics.
Model shows how imitation and randomness stabilize financial markets.
problem Stabilizing financial markets with self-organized criticality.
method Simple order book mechanism with self-organized criticality dynamics.
result Imitation and randomness stabilize market fluctuations.
Study price impact in OTC credit index market without order book.
problem Estimate price impact in OTC credit index market with no order book.
method Applied propagator technique to classify trades and correct for errors.
result Price impact is mainly permanent in OTC credit index market.
Paper proposes DigMA to generate controllable financial market orders.
problem Generating realistic financial market orders with controllability.
method DigMA model using conditional diffusion and meta agent.
result DigMA achieves superior controllability and generation fidelity.
Multivariate Hawkes processes analyze order dynamics in financial markets.
problem Complex interactions between order timing and size in financial markets.
method Multivariate Hawkes processes with nonparametric estimation.
result Simple volume-time independence models are inadequate for financial data.
RL agents optimize order execution in a realistic market simulation.
problem Optimal order execution challenges in a complex market.
method Multi-agent RL in a historical order book simulation.
result RL agents converge to TWAP strategies in some scenarios.
Bayesian framework explains price formation with learning and market impact.
problem Understanding how prices form in markets with informed participants.
method Introduces a Bayesian model for updating priors on efficient prices.
result Exponential intensities for aggressive order arrivals are a natural outcome.
Study on heavy tails in closing auction returns, explaining imbalance through limit order submission.
problem Understanding heavy tails in closing auction return distributions.
method Used the stochastic call auction model of Derksen et al. (2020a) to derive and verify a relation between tail exponents.
result Large closing price fluctuations are not caused by large market orders, but by imbalance in limit orders.
The paper models market dynamics using a limit order book system to explain slippage and inefficiency.
problem Inefficiency in matching markets due to structural liquidity constraints and slippage.
method Introduces a market microstructure framework with a latent preference state matrix and a dynamic discrete choice execution model.
result Persistent slippage and regional invariance of preference orderings are explained by liquidity thresholds.
Extends a market impact model to include mean-reversion, revealing new order book dynamics.
problem Understanding market impact in a latent order book model.
method Mean-reversion added to a minimal model, analyzed with mean-field assumption.
result New order book dynamics and price impact development shown.
Study uses agent-based simulation to analyze impact of OBI strategy on financial markets.
problem Improving execution in markets with supply-demand imbalance.
method Built an execution algorithm that accounts for OBI, tested it in artificial markets.
result OBI strategy can improve execution, especially in volatile markets.
Modeling price impacts and trading signals for optimal execution and speculation.
problem Optimal execution and speculation in markets with trade signals.
method Price impact model driven by order flow, stochastic price impact, Meyer-σ-fields signal process, Marcus-type SDEs. result Derivation and numerical solution of HJB equation for optimal execution, enhanced speculative strategies.
Study reveals stylized facts in German bond futures markets.
problem Understanding market dynamics in German bond futures.
method Analyzed tick-by-tick data of four German bond futures contracts.
result Uncovered commonalities and unique characteristics across different futures.
In financial markets, the order flow, defined as the process assuming value one for buy market orders and minus one for sell market orders, displays a very slowly decaying autocorrelation function. Since orders impact prices, reconciling the persistence of the order flow with market efficiency is a subtle issue. A poss…
Optimal execution strategy for market and limit orders with speed limits and uncertainty.
problem Optimal execution of limit and market orders with trade speed limits and uncertainty.
method Continuous-time model with stochastic control problem, incorporating trade speed limiter and trader director.
result Identification of optimal dynamic trading strategies and conditions for optimality.